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Ciera Sorrell-Southall

Ciera Sorrell-Southall

Front Office Financial Coordinator
Randallstown,MD

Summary

Innovative, creative and extremely efficient administrative support. Personable professional with over 20 years of experience. Providing support to allie organizations with a mission to provide superior customer service, maximize profit and minimize potential debt. Demonstrates expertise in patient benefit coordination, insurance policy coverage, operation systems administration, project management and budgetary support. Strong interpersonal skills with a proven ability to build rapport and excel when working autonomously or as a key contributor to a high-performing team. Highly skilled facilitator and trainer for numerous health insurance plans. Provides administrative support by preparing correspondence, reports and other documents containing confidential information on behalf of the doctor. Manages communication and correspondence between the doctor and insurance companies Initiates, compose and distributes routine correspondence regarding patient accounts. Develops and delivers records management training to staff in two offices, providing technical assistance and operational support as necessary Collaborates with the leadership team to ensure seamless delivery of shared systems support for administrative, financial management, human resources, IT and facilities management. Leads efforts to address and resolve patient billing and scheduling issues. Also, partner with internal and external colleagues to achieve monthly collection targets

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
8
8
Certifications

Work History

Financial Coordinator/Front Office Coordinator

D4C Dental Brands
Baltimore, MD
02.2015 - Current
  • Conducts investigations into claims denials
  • Submits insurance claim appeals
  • Documents and tracks all appropriate case and patient chart activity
  • Recovers lost insurance funds
  • Investigates to prevent payment of fraudulent claims
  • Facilitates the recovery of company and patient funds lost as a result of insurance company negligence
  • Liaison in communications between the doctor, patients and insurance companies
  • Input patient information
  • Coordinate patient chart information and documents
  • Handle collections, billing and payment processing for 50+ patients daily
  • Patient scheduling coordination
  • Identify and resolve patient scheduling issues
  • Handles patient billing discrepancies
  • Serves as mediator between providers, patients and 100+ insurance companies
  • Process insurance claims through dental Xchange and resolve any issues regarding patient billing and payments
  • Serves as Initial contact for complaints, while taking notes to route calls to the appropriate person
  • Follow up with doctors to make sure patient calls are returned
  • Conduct daily financial records reconciliation
  • Generate end-of-day summary reports and reviewing bank records using Microsoft Office
  • Collaborate with the leadership team to identify and address office staff’s shared support service needs, including administration, financial management, human resources, information technology, and facilities management
  • Praised by management for excellent service quarterly

Financial Coordinator

Olwyn Diamond, DDS
Baltimore, MD
01.2004 - 01.2015
  • Coordinated payment plans and other financial arrangements for patients
  • Effectively led negotiation efforts to secure and execute payment arrangements for high priority patient accounts

Education

B.S - Business Administration, Management

Bowie State University
Bowie, MD

A.A - General Studies

Community College of Baltimore County
Catonsville, MD

Skills

TECHNICAL SKILLSundefined

Certification

Program Administration

Timeline

Financial Coordinator/Front Office Coordinator

D4C Dental Brands
02.2015 - Current

Financial Coordinator

Olwyn Diamond, DDS
01.2004 - 01.2015

B.S - Business Administration, Management

Bowie State University

A.A - General Studies

Community College of Baltimore County
Ciera Sorrell-SouthallFront Office Financial Coordinator